7 years later, Bin Laden not priority

It is beyond belief that after seven years, Osama Bin Laden still has not been brought to justice for his crimes against this nation.

Each and every American should be outraged by the utter complacency of our current administration.

Was it not our president who vowed to hunt this man down until he had not a single rock to hide behind? Was it not our president who said justice would be served for the innocent lives lost on that infamous day?

One could see how finding this man might pose a problem, if say, he were scuttling about the globe incognito.

But our president has a fairly good idea where Bin Laden is. In fact, America controls, in one way or another, the land this man uses for his base of operations.

Suffice to say, it's extremely hard to believe the most powerful nation on earth is unable to find anyone it really wants to find.

Nonetheless, there are two questions that continue to tug at my intelligence: Why does America provide billions of dollars to a Pakistani dictator who claims to be our ally in fighting terrorism, yet the mother of all terrorists still lives unmolested in his mountains? And why isn't America's president beating the bushes looking for the man responsible for 9/11?

The answer to these questions may shock you. Osama Bin Laden is no longer a priority.

It has been seven years since the World Trade Center was destroyed, seven years since a portion of the Pentagon was destroyed, seven years since a handful of heroic Americans thwarted an attempt to destroy the White House.

Let us hope our next president makes finding Osama Bin Laden a priority. After all, seven years is a long time to wait for justice.

Gary Lukens

Rolling Meadows